In a matter of seconds, Wang Bu took the two young eunuchs Huang Fu and Huang Lu, who had just entered the palace in February, back to the side hall where Yun Xi was.??
Huang Fu and Huang Lu were very frightened. They must be very clever to be chosen as servants around Yunxi. They saw the expressions of Wang Bu and Yunxi when they came in just now. They must be palace students.
It's a big deal. It may not be a good thing for them to be called in by Yun He at this time!
The two of them bowed to Yunxi cautiously.
Yunxi had no intention of talking nonsense at this time and said to Huang Fu: "Go and call Wang Xi in."
Huang Fu immediately took the order and retreated without wasting a moment.
Then Yunxi looked at Wang Bu and said, "You just said that Wang Gong is also in Kunning Palace? Is Wang Jin here?"
Wang Bu immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, Wang Jin is also in Kunning Palace."
Yunxi nodded and did not speak further. He did not speak, and no one in the entire side hall dared to speak. The hall was as quiet as a mourning hall with no one visiting.
After a while, Wang Xi also followed Huang Fu to this side hall.
Wang Xi was just in the palace where Yunxi was handling political affairs. He was a little puzzled when Huang Fu asked him to come over, but he came over immediately.
Although Wang Xi did not know how to manage people, so although he had a high position, he did not have much direct power, but his ability to observe people's words and emotions had not deteriorated. Seeing the atmosphere in the palace, he respectfully saluted Yunxi.
Yunxi said: "Huang Fu and Huang Lu, you two retreat! But don't retreat too far, just outside the door."
The two of them immediately ran out in small steps.
Yunxi said to Wang Bu: "Tell Wang Xi about this matter." There was no emotion in his voice.
But the more Yunxi behaved like this, the more frightened Wang Bu and Wang Xi became. Wang Bu slowly talked about this matter with Wang Xi, not daring to say a single unnecessary word or action.
Yunxi's eyes were fixed on both Wang Bu and Wang Xi, especially the expression on Wang Xi's face. Yunxi did not miss a single movement.
After hearing Wang Bu's words, Wang Xi was shocked and said: "Such a thing happened in the palace!"
Yunxi felt that there was nothing wrong with Wang Xi's expression change, so he said, "Wang Xi, do you not know that they are so greedy, or do you not know about this?"
Wang Xi immediately understood what Yunxi meant, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this servant is indeed unaware."
Yunxi knew that it was not a good thing to suspect that people around him were corrupt without evidence. But he regarded the palace as his own home and could not tolerate such things in his own family.
Especially for the four eunuchs around him, their salaries are much higher than what a fourth-grade eunuch should have. And if anyone is really short of money, he will never be stingy if they tell him. So he really can't tolerate corruption among them.
Things.
Yunxi stared at Wang Xi closely for a while, and then finally did not ask again. Just as he was about to speak, Wang Bu suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I heard that some of the eunuchs accompanying your Majesty also took money.
"
Yunxi looked at him and said, "Who is it?"
Wang Bu said: "Your Majesty, I don't know who this servant is, but it must be someone close to your Majesty who took the money."
Yunxi glanced at Wang Xi again, thought about something, and then said to Wang Xi: "Go and tell Huang Fu and Huang Lu to come in."
Wang Xi immediately called the two of them in.
Yun He ordered the two of them to call Yang Feng over.
After Yang Feng arrived, Yunxi said: "Go and arrest all the eunuchs around me, except Wang Xi, Huang Fu and Huang Lu! Temporarily imprison them all in a place where the erring guards are locked up. "
Of course, Yang Feng also realized that something was wrong in the atmosphere, and then he heard Yun Hei's instructions. He didn't dare to ask anything, and agreed: "Yes." Then he went out to organize the guards to arrest the person.
Yunxi then said to the four eunuchs at the scene: "Follow me to Kunning Palace."
At this time, Kunning Palace was in a hectic situation. Xiyao had full authority to deal with the harem ladies and eunuchs granted by Yunxi. Although she still did not dare to deal with Wang Gong, Wang Jin and Wang Bu, Xiyao She also specially sent Wang Bu to report the news to Qianqing Palace, but she ordered her trusted female officials and eunuchs to capture the other eunuchs who found problems.
When Yunxi came to Kunning Palace, he saw a dozen eunuchs from the well-oiled yamen such as Shangshang Supervisor. The young eunuch was tied behind his back in the yard.
Yunxi walked into the main hall and saw Xiyao talking to Tingle and others.
Huang Futong passed the news, and Xiyao immediately turned to Yunxi and said, "I have seen your Majesty." The eunuchs and maids around her knelt down to salute.
Yunxi walked to Xiyao and said to her, "What on earth is going on?"
Xiyao replied: "I looked at the accounts for the first month this morning and found that the expenses were much higher than those in previous years. I felt something was wrong, so I started to check the accounts."
"Then there was a problem with the accounts. The prices of many things were much more expensive than in the previous months. I immediately called the eunuchs from various supervisors, departments, and bureaus to check the accounts. From the time of Chen to the end of the day, I found that In addition to raising prices for some things, there is also the matter of falsely reporting expenses."
"My concubine then interrogated the eunuchs from various government offices. They refused to admit that there was corruption at first, but they had no choice but to admit it because of the solid evidence."
"I then arrested people based on what they confessed, and I caught so many people. There are also eunuchs who were sent out to arrest people. The maids have not come back yet. When they all come back, there will be more people."
In fact, things are not as easy as Xiyao said. Xiyao had been focusing on corruption a few months ago, but she didn't have much money at the time. Xiyao was afraid that Yunxi didn't care so much, so she kept tolerating it. However, she did not do it until the accounts for the first month came out, so she successfully obtained the decisive evidence.
Yunxi picked up an account book and read it. The more he read, the angrier he became. He suddenly saw on the account of Shangshan Supervisor that it was written that an egg cost ten cents.
Ten cents, although it is not up to the standard of ten taels of silver per egg in the Qing Dynasty, but now an egg outside can't even be used for a penny. He remembered that when he took time to go to his confidant's house in the first month, Qitai's Father Qi Yu said that five cents can buy two kilograms of eggs.
The more Yunxi looked at it, the angrier he became. He threw down the account and looked at the eunuchs who had been captured. The young eunuch took a look and said to Xiyao: "Check hard. No matter who you find, you must take them." Down!"
Xiyao agreed.
Then Yunxi said to Wang Jin and Wang Gong: "Follow me to the side hall!"
Entering the side hall, Yunxi asked directly: "How much did you two take?"
The two of them glanced sideways at Wang Bu, who did not dare to make any movements or expressions.
Wang Jin, who was one of the earliest eunuchs who accompanied Wang Xi, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I receive two hundred guan of money every month from the eunuchs of Shangshan Supervisor and other yamen in December, January, and February.
"
Wang Gong and Wang Jin knelt down at the same time, and then also talked about the money they had taken. He was different from others. He was directly in charge of the imperial prison, and it could be said that he bore direct responsibility.
Therefore, Wang Gong admitted that he was not strict with his subordinates, and he also admitted that he knew about the corruption of his subordinates and did not take care of it.
Yunxi pointed at Wang Gong and said nothing for a long time. He felt that if Wang Bu and Wang Jin told the truth, they could be pardoned; if Wang Xi told the truth, then he had no responsibility; but Wang Gong was the direct leader of the imperial prison
, it doesn’t make sense not to give a big punishment.
But Yunxi also felt that Wang Gong had been with him for more than six years, and it was a pity to capture him like this, and he couldn't bear it. He could execute officials or people who he had never seen before indifferently or even late, but
He was somewhat reluctant to do anything to his trusted eunuchs.
Yunxi walked around the side hall several times angrily, but still couldn't get over his cruelty. Yunxi finally decided not to make a final decision, but left the side hall alone and said to Xiyao: "You put Wang Gong, Wang
Step, Wang Jin and the other three will be imprisoned first, and they will be imprisoned separately. But don’t torture them, do you understand?"
Xiyao suppressed the joy in her heart, bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I have remembered it."
Then Yunxi, Wang Xi and others left Kunning Palace and returned to Qianqing Palace to continue criticizing the poems.
Waiting for Yunxi to go far away, Xiyao's friendly female officer listened to the other eunuchs, and whispered to Xiyao from a corner where the maid could not see: "Your Majesty, our goal has been achieved."
Xiyao smiled slightly but said nothing.
It turned out that Xiyao had never thought about taking down Wang Gong and the others from the beginning. And Xiyao knew that even if he completely took down a few of them, Yunxi would never allow himself to appoint all the eunuchs. Xiyao
The purpose is to reduce Yunxi's trust in them through this incident, at least in terms of integrity. If there is less trust, the power will definitely change.
Xiyao wanted to redefine the power boundaries between the yamen of female officials and the yamen of eunuchs, and try to let the yamen of female officials take advantage and the people of Kunning Palace to take advantage, and then slowly formed an inertia, or in other words, formed a system.
After a new system is formed, it takes very capable people and great perseverance to change the system. It seems that the keyboards used by everyone now are not actually the optimal solution for designing keyboards, but
Just because everyone is used to it, the new keyboards designed by many people have not been able to survive in the market.
Xiyao just wants to ensure that after her "sexuality is late and love declines", she can still try her best to ensure her influence on the harem through the system.
In fact, this was not what Xiyao thought of herself, but what her mother told her after thinking about it. Xiyao was also very uneasy at first, and once felt that this was a betrayal of Yunxi's trust in her. The relationship between their husband and wife is very good.
But Xiyao later couldn't resist her mother's repeated persuasion, and she thought she didn't want to do anything to Yunxi, so she did it anyway.
